[wplug] Since we're off topic

[Drew from Zhrodague]

> > 	Sounds like a power-supply, dewd. Don't skimp on those. Bad power 
> > supplies are the leading cause of machine failure (minus user-error). What 
> > kid of power supply do you have in that thing? Bad RAM may also be the 
> > cause, but I've seen few cases of that. Of course, I only get monster 
> > power-supplies anymore, so...
> > 
> 
> I guess it could be the power supply, but it's new, too, and 300W.  Plus, 
> the fact that the BIOS has still not failed to POST once without the hard 
> drives plugged in (8 attempts and counting) points a bloody finger at 
> them.  Plus, this HDD has made noise since the day I got it - occasionally 
> it will make a cracking noise as if it suddenly stopped spinning, and then 
> started up again.  Since it was an IBM, and since I bought it new and it 
> did that from day 1, I figured it was some sort of *feature* but now I 
> don't think so anymore.

	And what kind of CPU do you have in this? Anything over 800Mhz, 
your 300-watt power supply, is just not going to cut it.


> Is there a howto somewhere?
> 
> All my critical data is backed up - what I'll lose here is 4 gigs of 
> movies and 6 gigs of mp3s.  I guess, if I'm going to be buying another 
> 40gig hard drive, I might as well get 2.

	Don't bother with 40-gig disks. Go with 80s or 120s. Buy online!


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